— vixenish, vixenly , adj.
/vik"seuhn/ , n.
1. a female fox.
2. an ill-tempered or quarrelsome woman.
[ 1375-1425; late ME (south); r. earlier fixen, ME (north), for OE fyxe, fem. of fox FOX (cf. fyxen (adj.) pertaining to a fox, OHG fuhsin (n.) vixen) ]
Syn. 2. shrew, scold, virago, harpy, termagant.